Twitter Daily Users Rise to 186 Million, CEO Addresses Hack of High-Profile Accounts

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: Universal Pictures has put together a monstrous package around the satirical Simon Rich New Yorker short story Everyday Parenting Tips that has Rich scripting for Ryan Reynolds to star and Paddington‘s Paul King to direct.

Does Bachelorette Clare Crawley have her phone back? And if so, why?

Clare Crawley have her phone back? And if so, why?The 39-year-old appears to have liked a tweet sometime on the night of Sunday, Aug.

Ted Johnson A 17-year-old was arrested on Friday for being the “mastermind” behind the July 15 hack of the Twitter accounts of Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Bill Gates, Elon Musk and other high-profile figures.Graham Ivan Clark, of Tampa, was arrested early in the day on allegations that he orchestrated a scheme to “steal the identities of prominent people,” then posted messages in their names directing people to send Bitcoin to accounts associated with him, according to Andrew Warren, state attorney

Chris Willman Music WriterThis year’s Emmy nominees in the seven music categories include such familiar scoring names as Ludwig Göransson, Pinar Toprak, Nicholas Britell, Mark Isham and Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross as well as figures from the pop world like Pharrell Williams, Dawes’ Taylor Goldsmith, Ingrid Michaelson, Sheila E and the RZA.Labrinth joined Reznor and Ross in being nominated in both song and score categories.

Tom Grater International Film ReporterOutrage over a perceived lack of fast action from Twitter to combat anti-Semitism has resulted in numerous high-profile figures opting to boycott the platform for 48 hours.The row was sparked by UK grime artist and rapper Wiley, who posted a series of tweets on Friday, as well as posts on other social media sites, that were widely decried as offensive.

Labour at risk of bankruptcy from antisemitism legal casesHome secretary Priti Patel yesterday demanded answers from Twitter and Instagram for how long it took the two companies to respond to the hate speech on their platforms.Under the hashtag #NoSafeSpaceForJewHate, musicians Sophie Ellis-Bextor and Jessie Ware as well as actor Jason Isaacs said they would take part in the boycott which began at 9am this morning.The official Twitter account for the Liberal Democrats said it would also be

Johnny Depp's libel case over an article that claimed he beat his ex-wife Amber Heard.Mr Depp is suing News Group Newspapers (NGN), publisher of The Sun, and its executive editor Dan Wootton over an April 27 2018 article with the headline: “Gone Potty: How can JK Rowling be ‘genuinely happy’ casting wife beater Johnny Depp in the new Fantastic Beasts film?”NGN relies on 14 allegations of domestic violence made by Ms Heard.

Jamie Lang Sam Mendes’ Theatre Arts Fund has raised £1.6 million ($2 million) to support out-of-work theater professionals across the U.K. by offering quick and easy access to a £1000 ($1,276) grant.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorTwitter fell short of Wall Street earnings expectations for the second quarter of 2020 as total revenue fell 19%, despite packing on a record 20 million daily active users in the period.What Twitter calls “monetizable” daily active users increased 34% year over year to 186 million, adding 20 million in Q2 and representing the highest quarterly year-over-year growth rate “since we began reporting mDAU growth,” said Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s CEO, in announcing

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorTwitter reported active daily users surged 34% last quarter to 186 million even as revenue and earnings dipped from the year before on a challenge advertising climate amid a COVID-19 pandemic.Revenue of $683 million was down 19% year over year reflecting what the social media giant called a moderate recovery in advertising demand relative to the last three weeks of March.Total costs and expenses grew 5% year over year to $807 million, as Twitter said it continue

Metallica earns the highest debut on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs airplay chart in five years, as "All Within My Hands," with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, bows at No. 12 on the list dated July 25.Originally released as the closing track on Metallica's 2003 studio album St.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media WriterWriters Guild of America West spent $1.9 million in the last fiscal year on legal bills as it fought a multi-front battle over agency packaging fees.WGA West filed its annual report on Monday with the Department of Labor, covering the fiscal year ending March 31.The report shows that the guild paid $992,912 to the firm of Altshuler Berzon LLP, based in San Francisco, which has led the fight against the major agencies.

The civil case lawsuit stemming from the deadly 2016 Ghost Ship warehouse fire in the San Francisco Bay Area has been settled.

Johnny Depp was subjected to a “recurring cycle” of verbal and physical abuse by Amber Heard, the actor's bodyguard has told the High Court.

Twitter temporarily suspended verified accounts from posting on the platform following a cryptocurrency scam that targeted several high-profile users, including Elon Musk and Bill Gates as well as Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Kanye West and several company accounts, including Apple and Square's Cash App, among others."We are aware of a security incident impacting accounts on Twitter. We are investigating and taking steps to fix it.